Many (if not most) teams operate by pushing work into their development process, but there is another way. In this short 30 minute session we are going to look at the difference between pushing work into a system and… More →
It is easy for managers to inadvertently measure progress in ways that reduce agility. This session is going to focus on how leaders (both formal and informal) can help teams by using good metrics and tracking progress… More →
ChatGPT can often do an excellent job of carrying out our intellectual gruntwork for us. Having said that, if we don’t have a very firm grasp on what ChatGPT is good at and bad at, we risk using it inappropriately and… More →
This talk is aimed at people leading Agile teams, but that doesn’t mean it is only directed toward managers. Leadership happens at every level of an organization, and the discussions in these two talks will help you be… More →
Good retrospectives (you know, the ones that actually lead to real change?) rest on three pillars: * people, * process, and * follow-through What makes retrospectives so difficult is that if any of these three pillars… More →
Join us as we delve deep into the world of Mob Programming, separating fact from fiction. In this Agile Lunch and Learn, we will debunk common misunderstandings and anti-patterns associated with Ensemble Programming,… More →
Most organizations assume that a team of 20 will finish a software project before a team of five. This isn't irrational, but if you look carefully at the data, you'll find a much more nuanced story. In this talk we are… More →
In this AgileLnL we are going to explore five simple tricks that can help bring agility to your team. I've sorted a number of things I often do when coaching teams to identify the ones that were the easiest to try but… More →
Attendees have asked for more examples of creating and splitting user stories. In this talk we are going to walk through the evolution of an application story by story. We'll look at how to split stories down to the… More →
Test-Driven Development is a process that has obvious parts (the well-known Red-Green-Refactor), but also has subtle nuances that make the difference between a good process and a great one. Ted's "Predictive TDD" builds… More →